Follows the story of the cells of Henriettta Lacks. She dies in 1951 of cancer, before she died cells were removed from her body and cultivated in a laboratory in the hope that they could help find a cure for cancer. The cells (HeLa) have been growing ever since, and the scientists found that they were growing in ways they could not control.


This movie is part of the collection: Ourmedia

Producer: Adam Curtis
Keywords: Adam Curtis; Henrietta Lacks

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